Bernadette Hoy

With over thirty years in practice, Bernadette has a wealth of experience in all aspects of family law. She is a well-known specialist on the financial aspects of divorce and separation, and her expertise extends to arrangements for children. The Legal 500 2017 says  The ‘highly experienced’ Bernadette Hoy heads the practice and is ‘meticulous, pragmatic and determined’; she has ‘an extensive network of contacts within the legal profession’ and ‘a great ability to turn challenging situations around in a relatively short space of time’.
The Legal 500 2023 recognises Bernadette’s mediation focused practice for both financial and children’s matters and that Bernadette is an ‘extremely experienced, empathetic and brilliant family lawyer’.

As a member of Resolution, Bernadette is committed to working with her clients to reach constructive solutions and agreements wherever possible. However, she also has a great deal of hard-hitting experience in court, and has achieved many notable negotiated settlements. (see below)

Bernadette is a member of the Law Society Family Law Panel demonstrating her specialisation in this area of law. She has practiced as a Collaborative Family Lawyer since 2007 and has since developed a successful practice using this  procedure for couples who want to reach agreement without litigation.

Bernadette practices as a Family Mediator and can offer Mediation to her clients on both Financial and Children’s matters. Bernadette is a qualified Child Inclusive Mediator with the Family Mediation Association.

Bernadette qualified as a solicitor in 1993, following her training at a Legal 500 firm.

Qualifications

• Law Degree LLB (Hons)
• Accredited Family Mediator (Law Society)
• Child Inclusive Mediator (Family Mediation Association)